Contest schedule or the like



F. W. FEIHL. CONTEST SCHEDULE on THE LIKE.

APPLICATIADN FILED MAR. 30, i922.

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CONTEST SCHEDULE R THE LIKE. i

application lcd March 3G, `1,922. Serial No. 543,055. i

, To all whom` t may concern.'

Be yit known that l, FREDERICK W. Farine,

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Cleveland, in the countyof Cuyahoga and State otOhio, `have invented certain new and useful Improvements `in (lontest Schedules or the like, ot which the following is a specilication. .i

-This invention relates to printed schedules for a series of contests or engagements between teams cfa group, its object being to providea simple printed schedule so arranged as to convey `to `the 'observer at a glance a variety of information. More particularly the object of the invention is to provide' aprinted schedule of the character described which graphically illustrates and i indicates to the observer the dates and locan tion of speci-o engagements between pairs a playing `schedule for l i N, ina series of contests.

the National League baseball teams for the fore, opposite each of rows Il the card is provided .with a bla-nk space 6. to which -is n.

applied the 1name of one oi' the group of National .League baseball teams. These team` namesmay be printed upon the card in black or the printing may bein some special type or withV `some special colored ink for yeach team, for a purpose which will later appearpthe drawings showing `the names printed in black :tor simplicity tion.

designating the several dates of engagements y For example, in the i.. drawings the card shown has applied thereto 1922 season. There- 60 of illustra* Opposite cachot the vertical columns 5 i. the card `is provided with suitable indicia during the playing period. In the particular formA shown, opposite each of"` the columns 5 are twospaces 7, 8, the spaces 7 be- 1 ing provided with letters to indicate days of the week and the spaces 8 being provided with numbers to indicate days of the month. In ruling the card special ruled lines are preferably provided to mark ofi1 ythe weekly f and gmonthly intervals For example, between Saturday and Sunday of each week is located a heavy ruled line 9, while double ruled ilines' l() indicate the ends of the months, the month names being applied in spaces 11. rlhese special ruling lines can be `in special colors it desired.

" i The spaces 3 are provided to receive in- 90 `dicia. for indicating engagements between particular pairs of` teams of the group. Une such indicia is provided for each team, the special indicia `for the different teams 20 of teams, the open or unoccupied dates of any team, the itinerary of all teams, special events between pairs of teams, such as double headers, the general travel" of subgroups within the main group 'ot teams, such for instance, as the general travel oeastern teams to the west or viceversa, and other information. Further objects of the invention are in part obvious and in part will appear more in detail hereinafter. u i

ln thefdrawings, the view `represents a portion of a printed contestschedule embodying the'invention. The printed schedule forming the present 35 invention comprises certain printed matter i applied toa card or sheet ln of paper or other suitable ymaterial and of any suitable shape and size. lnthe drawings, the view illustrates approximately `one-third of the tull varying from each other;` For example, said `indicia may consist of a number of different `colors or ythe*arrangementoli various kinds `of eross-hatching or marking. It being impossible to showcolor in the drawings, the `card illustrated has been providedwith` a series of indicia consisting of various arrangements of cross-hatching, these variousJl indicia Vbeing indicated at l2 in spaces oppo site variousteam names. Where the several `indicia are colors it is obvious without illustration that-1 the particular indicia selected for each team can be indicated to the ob-` server .by printing the name ofthat team in the designated color and without any necessityof special spacesior cross-hatch- 40 length of a contest schedule embodying the invention, the view being on an exaggerated 'scale for better illustration. `It will beunderstood, however, that the card is usually 'of relatively small size so that it canbe con- 45 veniently folded along the lines of fold 2 1 to be carried in a vest pocketV or the like. @n one face of said card the surface area is "divided by cross-ruling or otherwise into a lseries of spaces 3 `of convenient size and shape, such spacesbeing arranged by the cross-ruled lines into a seriesof parallel or `horizontal rows 4 and transversely in a series of vertical columns 5. Ea h of therows of spacesgis assigned by suitable designating x 55 means to one of the teams of a group `of "ing 12,]a`s illustrated. y A vteams engaging through a playing period Referring :now to` a particular space, such as the space marked 13, this space is provided with the special indicia or marking 12 corresponding to the Philadelphia team. This indicia or markingpis applied `to the space 13, which lies in the row assigned to the Boston team. Space 13 also lies inthe vertical column assigned to Thursday, April 20th. Therefore, the appearance of the Philadelphia team marking or indicia in this particular space indicates to an observer that on Thursday, April 20th, the Philadel phia team engages in a contest with Boston in Boston. `Likewi`se, the indicia at space 14 indicates that on Monday April 24th, the St. Louis team engages in a contest with Cincinnati at Cincinnati. Blank spaces, such as spaces 15, 16, indicate either that the home team of that row is either idle, as in space 15, or is on the road and engaged as a visitor in a contest with some other team.

Vith this printed schedule card it is possible toreadily determine by the character of the indicia in the row of any home team at what times vand with what teams it engages in contests at home. Also, by picking out and following the recurrence vof indicia of any particular team itis possible to readily determine the itinerary of that team as visitors from city to city. Again it will be observed that the upper four rows of the schedule shown are assigned to a sub group of eastern teams and the lower four rows to a sub group of western teams. During about the first third ofthe schedule shown the indicia 12 are distributed fairly equally through spaces in all of the rows. Therefore, the'card indicates that during this early period some eastern teams are in the west and some western teams in the east. During about the fneXt thirdof the schedule shown indicia are applied substantially only to spaces in the lower `four rows and in the linal third of the schedule shown to' only the upper four rows. The schedule therefore graphically indicates first an invasion of the west by eastern teams and then the invasion of the east by western teams.

The schedule may also be provided with suitable special indicia for indicating special or particular events such for example, as a double header or the occurrence of two contests between a given. pair of teams on a.

single day. ln the schedule'shown in the drawings this special indicia comprises a pair offshort parallel horizontal lines, as

-indicated atv 17 which are applied t0 any given space in addition to the indicia 12. Other special marking may be employed for the same purpose.

It is, of course, obvious that the invention described may be used for a variety of pur- For example, it may be used to indicate the schedules of baseball teams, tennis contests, football games, golf, hockey and other athletic contests, debating contests and in fact may be used wherever a series of groups or individuals meet at various places on assigned dates throughout a given period. The invention may also be used ttor business purposes, as where a number ot salesmen or other employees of a company desire information about their travels, duties and the like.

It is also obvious that the schedule may be produced in many ways, such as by printing, lithographing. photography or the like and that color Aor character of marking are equally suitable as special indicia.

What I claim is:

1. A. schedule for engagements between teams of a group, or for like purposes, comprising a card having the area thereon suitably divided into parallel rows of spaces arranged transversely in columns, each row being provided with indicia assigning it to a designated team of the group. and each column being provided with indicia designating a particular time during the engaging period, some of the spaces so assigned to a designated team being provided with suitable indicia corresponding to other teams of the group and thereby indicating engagements with such other teams at the several times corresponding to such space.

2. A schedule for engagements between teams of a group, or for like purposes, comprising a card having the area thereon suitably divided into parallel rows of spaces arranged transversely in columns. each row being provided with indicia assigning it to a designated team of the group. and each column being provided with indicia designating a particular time during the engaging period. some of the space so assigned to a designated team being provided with suitable indicia corresponding to other teams ot the group and thereby indicating engagements with such other teams at the several times corresponding to such space. and by the row in which such indicia appear also indicating location of the engagement.

3. A schedule of the class described, oomprising a card having the area thereon snitably divided into transversely arranged rows and columns of spaces, each row having applied thereto means indicating days during the engagement period. said card being also provided with varying indicia, one for each. team, whereby the appearance ot one of said indicia. in any space indicates by the row in -which said space appears the identity of the home team and by the character of. the indicia the identity of the visiting team for a given engagement and by the column in which it appears the time of the engagement.

4. A schedille ot the class described, comprising a card having the area thereon suitably divided into transversely arranged rows and columns of spaces, each row `the home team and indicia the identity of the visiting team for y the character of the.

a given engagement and by the column in 10 Which it appears the time of the engagement,

some of th being also e spaces so provided with indicia provided with special indicia indioating special events.

In testimony whereof I hereby affix my l5 signature.

FREDERICK W. FEIHL. 

